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Show THE CHURCH NEWS State Observes Program; Urges Only 3.50 for Unity in Family A WELCOME GIFT FORK UTAH AMERICAN AKE, American Fork Site HONOLULU jAKE, fjop Preston Peterson Porter. HAWAII Spencer, first counselor; Charles Hctnenway, socuud counselor. UTAH HOOPER STAKE, Kanes vfile 1st Ward: Lynn K, Saunders, second counselor, MAS'fLE DALE UTAH HAKE, on Fill STAKE, Waikiki Ward: William Kapololu Jr., first counselor; Ronald Ching, second counselor Aimalollmu Waid: Palmer IDAHO NORTH Boise list Ward: MSE one year William Stanley Moore, first counselor; Wiliard Freebarin, ' counselor. Jam?? Reed Pulley, bond American counselor. it 1911 Ward: Howard Budge ey Jr., second counselor. Ward: Orangeville LeRay Huntington, first junselor; Wells Clinton kefield, second counselor. CHICO CALIFORNIA IONA IDAHO STAKE, Ueon 3rd Ward: Bishop Cecil Jack fAKE, OrevBSe 2nd Ward: nest C. Lamb, second counse- - -- Smith, Montrose Piquet, Larry L. Hammer. BY ROBERT A, WALSH RICHMOND. VA, out and mail this coupon to: Members of the church in Virginia have the support of Gov, Mills E. Godwin Jr. in helping more learn how to hold Family Home Evening. In a statement issued at a ceremony at the .late Capitol in Richmond, Gov. Godwm vs rote: Todays society rests upon a foundation composed of home and family, molding the individual character and abilities of its young members within an environment of mmual love and respect. Emphasizing these qualities, merr, of The Church of lesus Christ of Latter-daSaints m Virginia obseive May as Family Unity Month, and I call its importance to the attention of our CHURCH NEWS, P.O. Box 838, Salt lake City, Utah 84 110. Fndose check or money order, no stamps please CHURCH NEWS Name,... Address ......... City. bt-r- y 20DY WYOMING STAKE, D. Ward: Lawrence Ickson, first counselor; David llo Thun, second counselor. IfAIR OAKS CALIFORNIA f'AKE, Rancho Cordova Ward: art Lloyd Olivers, first counse-Lvn- LANSING MICHIGAN STAKE, Beaton Harbor Ward: Bishop Doyle Rich Anderson. LAS VEGAS NEVADA EAST STAKE, Las Vegas 27th Ward: Bishop Sheldon Lomond Gifford n LITTLE ROCK ARKANSAS STAKE, Jacksonville Ward: Bishop John Dwayne Prince, Otto Orson Nuvvland. Robert Wayne McElderry. Jack Tolley, second liur.selor, 'I h GETTYSBURG N N Y S LV A N I A STAKE, I'est Shore Ward: Bishop Allen I. Farm, f GLI.ND1LE TAKE, Elysiau WASHINGTON LONGVIEW STAKE, Kelso Ward: Bishop Charles William Jackson. CALIFORNIA Park Ward: State, Zip.................................... people. The goal of the program, according to Elder Rex 1) Pinegar of tlu First Council ot the Seventy and president of the Virginia Mission, is for every Latter-dabaint family in the state to invite another non member family to participate in Family Hume Evening together. After the this een-ti;- e, family Gift from: sent if indicated, Mail subscriptions payable in advance A gift card will be and y in the slate of Utah, and' in Franklin One km COUf ft iC s of Idaho and Uinta County, Wyoming, the Church News is part of the daily Deseret News and is available for $2,50 per month ss able to continue holding home evening. The pamphlet, Why Families? is given to the father to help him in planning home evening programs. Pres. Kimball Notes Faith, Sacrifice 5SfSfrmtlnaed from page 4 on the stake and realized 'Pricnration Iggheti- was little money among the mem-r5:erJ hey approached the Church Build Tgling Department for a loan and w ere told Sjgthey had to spend a year trying to raise .P 'tart mg funds. g 3SSf They pioceeded with a vigorous program, at the same time undertaking a comprehensive study of the duke. During the year, the fund raising program produced nearly $20,0(10 through a nujm s (fort which involved stake m loners .selling extra cars, boats they had built for their families and g.v mg tneir s. fund-idWn- f k. ... savings. The study revealed that, at one time, there were 260 people in the stake ui Only eight stake members hul animal incomes over $10,090. and families raged ever five memb. rs each jso m the area were plots of vacant land which were soon to be developed, wo easing the stake population Analyzing what had been contributed and wi,df could be depmded on from the .take members, the stake presides y de-Imined that $12,000 annually would oe ootnbuled toward paying off a loan. It ggg would take 12 years to pay the balance of about $144,001) on the stake center. rith those figures, plus some maps mid oiticr information, she stake ptcxi- ! uivcv approached the Building for went agam and the loan proposal, '$rs?rf A little over two years later, m Fch nary 1ji3, the stake center was completed The $12,000 per year commitment w.is raised, but little else Depart-appiova- Then, m August 1973, Bishop Vaughn However, the stake members m the the vat; visiting Presiding Bishopric, General Authority at the Salt Lake Granger North Stake conference His message inspired the stake members, and Pres. Prestwich challenged the members to pay off the balance of the cost of the slake center in four mouths by the end of ttse year instead of m the 12 v cars as scheduled. Said the stake presidency m then Setter, Many of the Saints in the .stake e Many woti.i had lacked not accept callings because they frit incapable of doing the work. "Almost none of them had ever been associated wuh a success story. They needed to be involved m a great cause m which they would experience success. 'They needed to learn that tne impov could be done, if the people had tri faith property and golf clubs Many worked two jobs and did without The children of tin- - stake collected pop bottles, cleared and cared for yaids. .shoveled snow, sold vegetables from gardens they tended themselves, picked fruit and found other jobs, gathering nearly $10 000 by the end of the year These piojects, m mai.j vases, were for funds over and above the individual pledges, which were often fulfilled from savings accounts Many young men. saving toward a mission caii, gave mu.-- ,t or all of then money to meet their pledges, then went out and raised some more to donate. challenge was fo raise ih let! on the loan. The members of the stake rallied together and worked hard on many imaginative fund-- i airing projects Frea. PrcsGvich interviewed alt six bishops in the stake with their families all the high councilor with their families and many other stake leadvts. One man, oof of wuik tor mx months with an employment-reJaie- d disability, pledged with his wife a sizable donation. Then, funds to hrip with the disability came through about the same time he found a steady job Half the dabdity money was given to the budding fund, donation1-havend Miu-then, and The needs were explained and each member .. t hi Vinf i - 1. .to,! vvuvtw CJ focit mvj vumw anmj are who some families know 'T give. scrambling to meet the $59 commitments ) Frcs Uuir 3 year-oldmade, Prestwick stake members sold more of their extra" items, such as boats, camps r- -, Another family piedeed one months pay. Then, the fathers job involved some overtime, resulting m extra money which paid the building find pledge, as well as the bills. J. Feaiherstone, second counselor The $130, CtM) Bishops followed this example railed in families H- interviews. - $ - s Half a dozen nu-- in the stake were pres, prestwich to give an l,0u() each. They cud. A few more pledges were fulfilled, leaving about $r,.flfii) to go The tat get date was tr next stake conference, only a few weeks away. a Ted by Pres. Bres.tv.ich called a sncial fast meeting for stake and ward He explained lh.it he didnt want tnem to destroy their budgets, but he wanted to give them one last opportunity to help. Fund raising became a family project in many homes. About Christmas, the value of many gifts v,as donated to the building fund, and stake nwmbeis found ?hey had one of the most joyful holidays they bad experienced. e twice-monthl- were ftuii uctei milled lo gel the job done, and ctui.ng tin next month, nearly $13,000 more flowed into the building fund. y ir'o a added. But after a" these donations, when the stake piesidency took an accounting at the end of the year, only $100,000 had been donated, leaving more than $30,000 lie asked each leader Ui vi de t commitment for the amount he felt he could give over the next thiee weeks 'Alien it was totaled, it came to si 00 The stake memlvis made it have more than The siukc presidency enumerates greater attendance at and other meet mgs. stake ismb-ienctnoii' missionary response and greater And the blessings ma'chci the -- a orifices e enthu-ias- Individually, the blessings have ls mi amazing One family who entirely depleted their saving- - when the challenge was first issued, found that the account had built rapidly to its previous level. Hu-ii tne faith of a young deacon, who upon giving his savings for a mission to the building lurid, said he v asnt woiried, there would Ire money to send him on a mission. . A boy who ha3 saved for a horse gave his money to the bmldmg fund Later, someone gave him a pu.y. WEEK ENDING MAY . s . 4, 1974 CHURCH -- 15 i |